PCI DSS 4.0
Req 3: Protect Stored Account Data

PCI DSS 4.0 3.4.2: 3.4.2 Remote access blocks copying or relocating PAN

When personnel use remote-access technologies, technical controls must stop them from copying and/or moving PAN, apart from people who hold explicit, documented approval plus a defined, legitimate business reason. Guidance notes a virtual desktop as an example of such technology, that these tools often have settings to disable copy and move functions, and that storage devices include local and virtual drives, removable media, network drives and cloud storage. Applicability: saving PAN to removable electronic media, local hard drives or any other storage device brings those devices into PCI DSS scope. Objective under the customized approach: unauthorized personnel cannot copy or relocate PAN through remote-access technologies. Future-dated: treated as a best practice up to 31 March 2025 and mandatory since then.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 36 controls across 14 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 6 controls

SOC 2 · 5 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties
  • SOC2-CC6.7 CC6.7 Restricting and protecting information in transmission, movement and removal
  • SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 6.7 Remote working
  • 8.12 Data leakage prevention
  • 8.20 Networks security
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

ISO 27002:2022 · 4 controls

  • 6.7 Remote working
  • 8.12 Data leakage prevention
  • 8.3 Information access restriction
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 4 controls

  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-03 Personnel activity and technology usage are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-05 Access permissions, entitlements, and authorizations are defined in a policy, managed, enforced, and reviewed, and incorporate the principles of least privilege and separation of duties
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-10 The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-in-use are protected
  • NIST-CSF-PR.IR-01 Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • AC-20(2) Portable Storage Devices Restricted Use
  • MP-7 Media Use

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • AC-20(2) Portable Storage Devices Restricted Use
  • MP-7 Media Use

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 7.4.9 PII transmission controls
  • 8.4.3 PII transmission controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) · 1 control

  • ANSSI-HYG-32 Secure the Network Connection of Devices Used for Mobile Working

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-27 Outbound data loss prevention (Very Good)

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-3.13 Deploy a Data Loss Prevention Solution

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.1.2e Restrict Access to Organization-Owned, Provisioned, or Issued Information Resources

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Req 3: Protect Stored Account Data

You are reading one control. How much of PCI DSS 4.0 have you already done?

PCI DSS 4.0 3.4.2 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of PCI DSS 4.0 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 139 of 280 PCI DSS 4.0 controls already carry evidence.

If you hold ISO 27001:202249.6% covered · 141 gapsIf you hold FedRAMP Moderate49.3% covered · 142 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 547.5% covered · 147 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202243.2% covered · 159 gapsIf you hold CIS Controls v838.2% covered · 173 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.136.4% covered · 178 gaps

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 415 were rejected on the ISO 27001:2022 pair alone.

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